Celebration

The piece opens with 'exultant' fanfares throughout the cornet section & flugel, before a heroic theme is heard in the trombones. After the fanfaric opening the music settles into a setting of the hymn Eventide which features a flugel solo. The middle section of the piece gives the band chance to showcase a warm and sostenuto sound before a reprise of the opening fanfare material is combined with Eventide and the heroic theme to bring the piece to an exciting finale.